1.
to bring someone home; to take someone back
To bring a person or animal back to one's home or starting point. Implies accompaniment — the speaker goes together with the person or creature being brought.
子どもを連れて帰る。
To take the children home.
迷い猫を連れて帰ってしまった。
I ended up bringing a stray cat home.
友だちが酔っ払ったので、タクシーで連れて帰った。
My friend got drunk, so I took them home by taxi.
A compound verb expression combining 連れる (to take along, to bring a person) in its て-form with 帰る (to return home). The subject accompanies the object back — it cannot be used for sending someone home alone.
USAGE:
Conjugates via the 帰る portion (godan verb): 連れて帰らない, 連れて帰った, 連れて帰ろう, etc.
SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS:
- 連れて行く: to take someone along (going away from home)
- 連れて来る: to bring someone here
- 送り届ける: to escort/deliver someone — more formal, implies responsibility
- 連れ戻す: to bring back — stronger nuance of retrieval or compulsion